Broadcast

Ha-Ha Sound (2003) ...

Broadcast are an electronic indie band from Birmingham... HaHa Sound is their second full album.  Their sound is based on Trish Keenan's 1960s chanteuse vocals and heavily processed analogue sounds of drums, bass, guitar and keyboards, much influenced by the United States of America ...

Before we begin ...

"The highlight of the album, and also the title of their recent EP, is “Pendulum”. A relentless, tripped out beat that would have you singing about a white rabbit if it weren't getting all “Time of the Season” up in between the beats. It's the most amount of energy this group is about to expose in a single track, and it rocks. The music to follow is comparably subtle and understated. “Lunch Hour Pops” opens like a flowing, underwater music box. A mesmerizing harp surges along with the subdued, tribal rhythm. Noises become less and less muffled, drawing closer as the hook comes in, “Let the balloons go outside, let the balloons go outside.” The song has shifted from the submerged to the airborne without batting an eye. “Hawk” is the album's chilling outro-a shower in an analog wonderland, as electronics spew fuzz in agony, shorting out one by one. It's a hallow ending, and perfectly suited for an album like this. The carousel has stopped, it's time to step off and get back to the real world." ... zingmagazine.com ...

Man is not a bird ...

Live Broadcast - Pendulum ...

Ominous Clouds ...

Valerie (and her week of wonders) ...




Winter Now ...









United States of America (1968) ...